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Pick a major, a degree level and a state. You get what graduates of each college's program earned four years after graduating and what they borrowed in federal loans, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, with the national median for the same program as the yardstick.

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Computer Engineering, bachelor's programs in California

Among 17 California bachelor's programs in Computer Engineering with federal earnings data, Santa Clara University graduates earn the highest median, $163,765 four years after graduating, with a median federal debt of $24,833. University of California-San Diego follows at $149,139. The national median for bachelor's graduates in the same program is $109,015. (2017-19 graduates, measured 2022-23, College Scorecard.)

Programs with data
17
Highest median
$163,765
National median
$109,015
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Computer Engineering, bachelor's programs in California: median earnings four years after graduating and median federal debt, in order of earnings.
CollegeMedian earnings, 4 yrs aftervs national medianDebt borrowed at this college (median)
Santa Clara University$163,765+50%$24,833
University of California-San Diego$149,139+37%$18,414
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$148,950+37%$20,556
University of California-Davis$145,422+33%$12,703
University of California-Santa Barbara$144,703+33%$14,410
University of California-Irvine$132,357+21%$19,000
University of California-Santa Cruz$124,641+14%$23,434
San Diego State University$116,842+7%$17,249
University of California-Riverside$107,193about the same$25,083
California State University-Sacramento$104,394−4%$17,500
University of California-Merced$102,575−6%$19,003
California State University-Fullerton$101,408−7%$16,500
California State University-Northridge$101,021−7%$18,346
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona$100,673−8%$20,000
California State University-Long Beach$98,967−9%$17,129
California Baptist University$96,506−11%$26,800
California State University-San Bernardino$92,492−15%$18,214

Ordered by median earnings four years after graduating: one federal measure, not a ranking of program quality.

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What these numbers are

Earnings: graduates of 2017-18 and 2018-19, earnings measured in 2022 and 2023, in 2024 dollars. Only programs with at least 30 graduates in the earnings cohort are listed, and a multi-state system whose figure pools campuses in several states is left out of state lists. Median earnings of graduates who received federal student aid, worked, and were not enrolled in school; debt is the median federal loans borrowed at this college by graduates who borrowed (Direct Subsidized, Unsubsidized and Grad PLUS; not Parent PLUS, private loans or interest). Programs with too few graduates are suppressed by the Department of Education. Federal program group: Computer Engineering. Earnings reflect who enrolls and where graduates work as well as the program itself.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field-of-study data, 10 June 2026. Download every program (CSV).